Daly’s SuperValu store in Killarney, Co. Kerry have proved that they have the Midas touch when it comes to selling top lottery prizes after the National Lottery today confirmed that they sold last Saturday’s €9,772,175 Lotto jackpot – just four days after selling a €500,000 EuroMillions Plus top prize to another one of its lucky customers.
The winning Quick Pick ticket which won the €9.7 million jackpot prize was bought in Daly’s SuperValu on the day of the draw and the National Lottery has confirmed that it is yet to hear from the lucky winner who has now scooped Co. Kerry’s biggest ever Lotto jackpot.
Speaking after receiving his second phone call from the National Lottery in the space of a matter of days, John Daly who owns the SuperValu business in Killarney with his dad Jimmy, his uncle Billy and his cousin Derek, said:
“Honestly, I am still in a state of shock and disbelief! Lottery wins are like buses – you wait over 30 years for one and then two come along at once! It really is a magical story for everybody in the community here in Killarney. It’s the bit of good news that we all need right now and we’re absolutely chuffed to bits for these two winners, particularly the winners of the €9.7 million, whoever they may be. With travel restrictions currently in place, it means that we don’t have any tourists in the town which makes it extra special to know that one of our loyal local customers may have won this prize,” he said.
“We heard the news on Monday morning that a store in Killarney had sold the lucky Lotto ticket but having sold a big prize so recently, there was no way we’d even consider that it could have been us again! It has been a tough number of weeks for everybody involved in the shop and all of our staff have just been amazing, implementing the systems in-store to ensure the safety of our customers. This win will give us all an incredible boost and we’ll organise a proper celebration to celebrate the win when all of these restrictions have been lifted,” he added.
The winning numbers for last Saturday’s €9,772,175 Lotto jackpot were: 04, 09, 15, 27, 29, 34 and bonus number is 17.
A National Lottery spokesperson confirmed that it is still waiting to hear from Kerry’s biggest ever Lotto winner. They said: “There is still no word from last Saturday’s lucky Lotto winner so we are again appealing to anybody who may have purchased a ticket in Daly’s Supervalu to check their tickets carefully to see if they are the winners of this €9.7 million prize. If you are the lucky winner, please sign the back of the ticket and contact our prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie, and we will make arrangements for you to collect your prize when it is safe to do so.”
The National Lottery has reminded players that it has extended the period of time that lucky winners can collect prizes to encourage people to stay at home and not require them to make any unnecessary journeys during the current public health emergency.
This means that any lucky winners of Lotto and Lotto Plus, Lotto 54321, EuroMillions and EuroMillions Plus, Telly Bingo, Daily Millions and Daily Millions Plus draws from 9th January 2020 until draws in the week 5th July 2020 will have an extra three months in which they can claim their prize. The prize claims extension applies to winners who purchased their tickets and scratch card games in-store, online at www.lottery.ie and via the National Lottery App.
